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  1. jimmer
    He was worth over 16M last year. Hopefully he does as well this year or even better. An offer of less than 7M wouldn't cut it, IMO.
  2. jimmer
    And Cashner. Someone picked Cashner in the thread where people are guessing who and when.
  3. jimmer
    It's why I don't even think of going to Twins home games till June :-)
  4. jimmer
    on another thread. The one about twins making an offer for archer. Poster said Archer was a below average pitcher the last two years.
  5. jimmer
    You know who has been pretty consistently throwing 200 or more innings a season (if only barely). Chris Archer. Who apparently is below average, according to some ;-)
  6. jimmer
    yeah, I think he will be an upper end of the rotation type. Im not sure there is another starting pitching prospect in our minor league system that I have higher expectations of.
  7. jimmer
    so, they shouldnt have gone after him at all. Based on what you are saying about Darvish now, we shouldnt have gone after him at all. Look, I am on record saying it was fantasy to believe the Twins would sign Darvish,but offering and letting people know it was the largest offer we ever made is a meaningless if they know its nowhere near enough to sign the guy. A few years ago, Willingham was our biggest FA signing ever. We dont have a history of large FA contracts. Our bar is low. And yes, many teams havent made big splashes in FA. Many havent needed to. Many arent in position talent wise to where it makes sense to do so (i.e. no hope to contend). Teams like Milwaukee and the Twins both need to and are possible contender. Milwaukee has done some good stuff this offseason. They are going for it.
  8. jimmer
    that is a generous description :-)
  9. jimmer
    The 'average fan' may not be thinking about future salaries of some of our younger players but plenty of people around here have. They probably also realize that all teams have players that get raises in arbitration and still manage to sign quality FAs here and there. All teams have to deal with that. Let's hope all those guys' play are worthy of big arbitration numbers. We should be so lucky. Now was the time. If ever there was a time to make a big splash to address your yearly GLARING need, it was now, right? Weak division, young players who could take the next step, they made the playoffs last year. This is the kind of situation that has been talked about over and over as THE time to do this. And we continue to dive for scraps. In regards to the last paragraph, it makes it seem like you're now saying that signing Darvish wouldn't have been a good idea and that it's turned out to be a good thing after all. Why exactly? That lesser talent that likely won't move the needle will be even cheaper? You were all for signing the almost 32 year old, were you not? And now that the Twins couldn't get it done, it wasn't a good idea to sign him after all? Turns out that it's actually better for us that we didn't get him?
  10. jimmer
    How about CHARLES Darwin?
  11. jimmer
    Over the last four seasons, and while pitching against usually extremely tough offenses in the AL East, Archer ranks 5th for starters in the AL in fWAR. Over the last THREE seasons, he ranks 3RD in the AL in fWAR. 3RD. He has blemishes but you have to look hard. I guess the term Ace is reserved for like 3 pitchers.
  12. jimmer
    someone like Cain would never go there...
  13. jimmer
    Archer was better in 2017 than 2016. He also tied for 9th in fWAR amongst all qualifying MLB starters (5th in AL). He is consistently very good in a division where the offenses are normally top notch. Not exactly sure why so many seem to think he isnt really all that great. We trying to make ourselves feel better when we dont get him and be ready to scream overpay if someone else does?
  14. jimmer
    maybe there will be a nice sturdy wooden board to float on.
  15. jimmer
    So the same strategy we have every year.
  16. jimmer
    His FIP was up a half run as was his xFIP. His Ks were slightly down and his BABIP was very low while his LOB% was very high. Yeah, lucky, but part of that luck was due to the quality D behind him.
  17. jimmer
    Why would we want Odorizzi? Odorizzi. 143 IP last year. 7.97 K and 3.83 BB per 9 IP. Had a ridiculous and likely unsustainable babip of .227. Had a FIP of 5.43 and an xFIP of 5.10. Had a fWAR of 0.1. He has gotten worse in each of his last two seasons in practically every meaningful way.
  18. jimmer
    Not to mention there is no way they sign both.
  19. jimmer
    The goalposts keep being moved. Every time we go into an offseason, we read people who constantly defended the organization say 'well, if THIS offseason they don't do anything to truly address the rotation as it needs to be, THEN I'll complain' Then the team's lack of doing anything meaningful to address THE major concern we've had for years once again gets defended or even lauded as the right move after all, or as no biggy. And with Santana out for awhile, our rotation is even worse. It gets old. I understand this is a new FO, and it has done some things to help the bullpen as needed, but the rotation is just as much in shambles and nothing has been done, and two days from now, pitchers and catchers report. Maybe we sign a #3 or #4 type to add to our ever growing list of uninspired options. These kind of moves don't get it done. And it's not like I ever thought we'd get Darvish, that's not my point. NOTHING has been done. But then, I'm sure NEXT offseason, they'll really address the rotation. Just wait...
  20. jimmer
    Oh boy...
  21. jimmer
    same thing we do every year? :-)
  22. jimmer
    Anyone but Lewis, yeah.
  23. jimmer
    yeah, you missed my point. In any event, I wouldn't trade Kepler for Odorizzi.
  24. jimmer
    Dealing for Odorizzi wouldn't be smart. Unless we gave up Gibson...by himself.
  25. jimmer
    Archer is already a stud.
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